{"id":2265131,"date":"2024-06-11T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-continues-its-character-assassination-of-justice-alito\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:30:06","slug":"ny-times-continues-its-character-assassination-of-justice-alito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-continues-its-character-assassination-of-justice-alito\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times Persists in Targeting Justice Alito&#8217;s Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-times-continues-its-character-assassination-of-justice-alito%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary discusses the ongoing scrutiny \u2062Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faces\u200d from The New York Times over his involvement in \u200dthe January 6 cases. The Times has persisted \u200din efforts to see him recused, highlighting various incidents meant to question his impartiality. One \u2063such \u2064instance\u2064 includes an activist&#8217;s covert recording of Alito at \u200da \u200cgala, \u2063where he expressed that the American people \u200bshould seek &#8220;a place of \u200dgodliness.&#8221; Alito has defended his \u2063position, arguing \u200dthat neither his actions \u200cnor his wife&#8217;s political expressions justify recusal under \u2062a reasonable standard free from politically \u2062and ideologically motivated interference. This scenario exemplifies persistent pressure \u200dfrom \u200cleft-leaning factions toward conservative justices like Alito to influence court \u200bdecisions, a \u200bcampaign criticized for undermining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat 'Court Packing'\">judicial independence<\/a>.\u200c The article also highlights \u2064the broader dynamics of media and political pressures that aim to shape judicial\u2062 outcomes\u200b corresponding to particular ideological objectives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 11, 2024 at 10:20am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Why is The New York Times so fixated on forcing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from the upcoming Jan. 6 cases?<\/p>\n<p>The whole debacle over the upside down American flag and \u201cAppeal to Heaven\u201d flag at his residence came to nothing, but the Times has found it impossible to let go of their petty vendetta against Alito.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/10\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-alito.html?campaign_id=190&#038;emc=edit_ufn_20240610&#038;instance_id=125912&#038;nl=from-the-times&#038;regi_id=230935092&#038;segment_id=169245&#038;te=1&#038;user_id=3594edbc66d626d4b2a89c6a5902e7f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent Times report<\/a>, Alito was the victim of illegal, surreptitious recording at a recent gala for the Supreme Court Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p>In those recordings, Alito made the allegedly heinous statement that the American people needed to \u201creturn our country to a place of godliness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Activist Lauren Windsor, who posed as a Catholic conservative to obtain these recordings, claimed she was constrained to resort to such underhanded means because, \u201cWe have a court that has refused to submit to any accountability whatsoever. They are shrouded in secrecy. I don\u2019t know how, other than going undercover, I would have been able to get answers to these questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, for leftists, \u201caccountability\u201d has mostly meant \u201cmaking decisions I like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Alito and his fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-group-offers-bounties-conservative-supreme-court-justices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative justices<\/a> refusal to bend to the will of the leftists obviously necessitated this coordinated campaign against them.<\/p>\n<p>The thing was, though, in trying to pressure Alito to recuse himself from the Jan. 6 cases, including Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jack-smith-claims-granting-trump-immunity-pave-way-presidential-murder-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presidential immunity<\/a> case, the leftists have actually been the ones violating judicial principles.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, leftists\u2019 pressure on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-justice-samuel-alito-fires-back-dems-refuses-step-aside-trump-jan-6-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alito<\/a> violates the principle of judicial independence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you respect Justice Alito and his career in the Supreme Court?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/public_education\/resources\/rule-of-law\/rule-of-law-and-the-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Bar Association<\/a>, judicial independence ensures that \u201cjudges are not subject to pressure and influence and are free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fraud-trial-judge-arthur-engoron-donated-to-democrats-for-decades\/\" title=\"Judge Arthur Engoron, presiding over Trump's fraud trial, has a long history of donating to Democrats.\">make impartial decisions based solely<\/a> on fact and law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If judges are unable to be impartial on a case and then rule on that case anyway, you get results like Trump\u2019s guilty verdict in his prejudiced New York criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>Alito himself released a statement, also dutifully chronicled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/29\/us\/alito-supreme-court-recusal-flag.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Times<\/a>, wherein he explained this principle and how his wife hanging an upside-down flag or historical flag \u2014 like the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justice-alito-appeal-heaven-flag-truth-left-doesnt-want-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appeal to Heaven<\/a>\u201d one \u2014 did not disqualify him from sitting on these cases.<\/p>\n<p>In his own words, seeing as neither flag is inextricably linked to \u201cinsurrectionists\u201d and his wife is a private citizen who can make her own decisions, \u201cA reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, then, an observer not blinded by left-wing prejudice would know instantly that Alito and his wife have done nothing meriting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-john-bolton-unload-cnns-wolf-blitzer-alitos-display-revolutionary-war-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smear campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why, then, has the left, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/twitter-strips-new-york-times-verification-elon-musk-makes-even-worse-fake-news-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, doubled down on this story despite its overall flimsiness?<\/p>\n<p>Well, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/06\/nyts-jodi-kantor-has-a-history-of-peddling-deranged-anti-alito-hoaxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Federalist<\/a> noted, the reporter who originally broke the story, Jodi Kantor, has a history of spreading bogus and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-pac-helped-group-that-pushed-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams\u2019 Voting Rights PAC Helped Group That Pushed Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories\">unsubstantiated conspiracy theories<\/a> against Alito, going back to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist pointed out that the main reason for leftists ire against the court, especially filled as it is with justices like Alito, Clarence Thomas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-abortion-protesters-target-amy-coney-barretts-house-apparent-violation-18-u-s-code-1507\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Coney Barrett<\/a>, is that it has been the one remaining institution they cannot control.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the writers in the newsroom of The New York Times have no real, damning accusations they can lob against the conservative justices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thoughts and prayers for The Left as they just discovered conservative jurist Justice Samuel Alito and his wife are conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Give them a moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kimberly Ross \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc (@SouthernKeeks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthernKeeks\/status\/1800534383507771580?\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, they have fixated on particular justices, historically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomas-already-issued-perfect-response-media-members-want-quit-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas<\/a>, now Alito, peddling conspiracy theories and making crumbs into cupcakes in a desperate attempt to finally get the rulings they want.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the eight articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/jodi-kantor?page=2#latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kantor<\/a> and the Times have lent their names to over the past month devoted to this nothing-burger of a controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The left always seeks to destroy what they cannot control.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for them, Alito has not backed down and will not be intimidated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justice-alito-appeal-heaven-flag-truth-left-doesnt-want-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baseless controversies<\/a> or illegal recordings.<\/p>\n<p>If the left truly wanted impartiality, they would cease these transparent attacks and finally leave Alito and his wife alone.<\/p>\n<p>As this X user noted, the left hates Alito and Clarence because they refuse to get \u201cbrainwashed\u201d into the \u201ccult.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The left is collectively losing their s**t over Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito because they\u2019re at the brainwashed point that everyone who thinks outside of the cult is a \u201cgrave threat to our dEMocRaCy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Moonitz (@NMoonitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMoonitz\/status\/1800328289065840877?\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But, of course, the left have never been interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tolerant-leftists-now-fantasizing-justice-barrett-raped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impartiality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They just want partiality in their favor.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. 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Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Allison Anton, June 11, 2024: Why does The New York Times obsess over Justice Samuel Alito&#8217;s recusal from the Jan. 6 cases? Despite the uproar about flags at his home, no substantial issues arose, yet the insistence persists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2577,"featured_media":2265132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Justice-Alito.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Justice-Alito.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}